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Effect of cell phone usage on
semen analysis in men attending infertility clinic: an observational
study.
Agarwal
A, Deepinder
F, Sharma
RK, Ranga
G, Li
J.
Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological
Institute and Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect
of cell phone use on various markers of semen quality. DESIGN:
Observational study. SETTING: Infertility clinic. PATIENT(S): Three
hundred sixty-one men undergoing infertility evaluation were divided
into four groups according to their active cell phone use: group A: no
use; group B: <2 h/day; group C: 2-4 h/day; and group D: >4 h/day.
INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Sperm parameters
(volume, liquefaction time, pH, viscosity, sperm count, motility,
viability, and morphology). RESULT(S): The comparisons of mean sperm
count, motility, viability, and normal morphology among four different
cell phone user groups were statistically significant. Mean sperm
motility, viability, and normal morphology were significantly different
in cell phone user groups within two sperm count groups. The laboratory
values of the above four sperm parameters decreased in all four cell
phone user groups as the duration of daily exposure to cell phones
increased. CONCLUSION(S): Use of cell phones decrease the semen quality
in men by decreasing the sperm count, motility, viability, and normal
morphology. The decrease in sperm parameters was dependent on the
duration of daily exposure to cell phones and independent of the initial
semen quality.
PMID: 17482179 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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